The First Battle of Ypres, which is featured in the first and second reels of the documentary, began on 20 October when the German army launched an offensive against British positions which were in a ...

In three years, the fighting around the Ypres Salient, culminating in the muddy, bloody Battle of Passchendaele in 1917, cost more than 400,000 lives.

There were more than 100,000 casualties in the First Battle of Ypres, from October 19 to November 22, 1914, with a similar number of casualties in the Second Battle of Ypres from April 22 - May 15 ...

A ceremony’s been held to mark the 100th anniversary of the First Battle of Ypres during the World War One. German Chancellor Angela Merkel and the Belgian and Dutch royal families were among dozens ...

Wikimedia Commons. October 20, 1914: Apocalypse at Ypres. One of the greatest battles in history, the desperate struggle at Ypres in October-November 1914 was the climactic fight of the “Race to ...

Apr 28, 2024 | 2:00 PM - 4:30 PM Add to Calendar 28-04-2024 14:00 28-04-2024 16:30 America/Toronto Documentary Premiere: Ways We Remember War: The Second Battle of Ypres and Canada’s Memory On ...

A ceremony’s been held to mark the 100th anniversary of the First Battle of Ypres during the World War One. German Chancellor Angela Merkel and the Belgian and Dutch royal families were among dozens ...